X Factor hit by fix claims after Amelia Lily’s winner’s single available to pre-order

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The X Factor has been hit with claims of a fix after Amelia Lily’s winner’s single was made available for pre-order temporarily yesterday, despite the final not having taken place.

The 17-year-old is in the running to win the title of X Factor Winner 2011 along with girl band Little Mix and hairdresser Marcus Collins, however although all three of the remaining contestants have recorded their winner’s single, only Amelia Lily’s track was made available for pre-order through the HMV website prompting suggestions that the winner of the show may have already been decided.

However HMV have been quick to quash the rumours, describing how the website encountered a technical issue while uploading the singles available for ore-order which meant that only Amelia Lily’s single details were displayed although all of the winner’s singles, including those for both Little Mix and Marcus Collins, were due to be posted online for pre-order. The music store said it was a genuine slip up and that the incident does not signal that HMV has any insider knowledge on who will win the competition.

All three of the winner’s singles will now be made available for customers to pre-order via the HMV website, although only the orders for the actual eventual winner’s track will be processed once the winner is announced following this weekend’s grand final.

Amelia Lily’s inclusion in the final three of the competition has proved controversial previously as she was originally eliminated in the first week of the singing competition by her own mentor Kelly Rowland, but re-entered the show halfway through after Frankie Cocozza was axed for breaking the rules.

Lily Allen Tweets following the birth of her daughter

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Lily Allen has taken to Twitter to thank her fans for their kinds messages following the birth of her first child. Although no official announcement has been made, it’s understood the Smile singer gave birth to a baby girl on November 25th.

The singer is known for being a serial tweeter but hadn’t posted a message for a week until her tweet today which read, “Thank you for all the flowers and lovely messages everybody. Very touching indeed. nuff luv x x” Prior to this, the last tweet from the singer came on November 25th, the date she’s rumored to have given birth, which simply said “Totes amaze”.

The news of the baby’s safe arrival is especially happy as the 26-year-old had previously suffered two miscarriages, one last year and another in 2008 while in a relationship with Chemical Brothers’ star Ed Simons.

Lily, who now goes by her married name of Lily Cooper, broke the news of her pregnancy in June when she married her partner Sam Cooper in Gloucestershire where the couple now live.

While Lily is yet to officially confirm the birth or the name of the baby, friends and family have done little to quash the rumours that the baby has indeed arrived with the singer’s sister Sarah Owen gushing on Twitter, “I LOVE my little niece” and other celebrities such as Amanda Holden and Myleene Klass sending their congratulations via the social network.

Hummer crashes into medical centre’s waiting room

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A white hummer limo stunned staff and patients at a medical centre in Bartlesville Oklahoma this week when the driver lost control and crashed through the building, landing the huge vehicle right in the middle of the waiting room.

The driver of the white hummer was reportedly turning the vehicle in the car park outside when instead of hitting the brake, she hit the accelerator, smashing through the exterior wall and right into the waiting room, leaving a deluge of debris and broken furniture in her wake.

Patients who’d been sitting in the waiting room at the Generations Family Medical Clinic in Bartlesville had just been called through to see the doctor moments before the hummer ploughed through the building, meaning no one was left in the direct line of fire of the out-of-control vehicle. Luckily no one was hurt as a result of the accident, only the receptionist received a minor graze to her leg which did not require medical attention.

The driver of the white hummer has not been named, but was reported to be very distressed at having caused the incident. However she isn’t the first to accidentally crash through the medical centre as it’s understood this is the fourth instance in which a vehicle has smashed into the building in the last three years. Due to the high number of instances of this nature taking place, the medical centre is planning to build concrete pillars outside to protect the building from any more accident prone drivers.

The world’s biggest limo available for bookings in California

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Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest limousine in the world, there’s no denying the Midnight Rider is a beast of a limousine and guaranteed to turn heads wherever it goes.

Boasting three separate onboard lounge or entertaining areas, each with their own bars, big screens and phones, the 25 ton 70 foot long limo has more than enough room to accommodate up to 40 passengers very comfortably. However this impressive limousine isn’t cheap to hire, commanding an hourly rate of $1,000, although the limo hire does come with 5 staff including 2 drivers, a hostess and bartenders. The limo is lit with 3.2 million candlepower which is achieved through two mighty onboard generators.

The Midnight Rider took many years to construct, being built between the years of 1997-2004. 90% of the vehicle’s 4,200 different components parts built in-house by the original team who masterminded the jaw-dropping creation.

The interior of the tractor trailer limo was inspired by the presidential Pullman cars of the 1870’s and so features as great deal of polished brass, wood veneer trim and heavy velvet curtains.

Due to its unique style and expansive onboard entertaining space, the Midnight Rider is in demand for events and occasions taking place throughout the South California region, although the 70 foot limo is permitted for travel throughout the USA which means it can be hired anywhere in the country for a price.

Stacey Solomon’s baby news confirmed

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Former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon has announced she is expecting her second child with boyfriend Aaron Barham and is almost three months pregnant.

The I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star already has a three-year-old son, Zac, from a previous relationship but hopes her second pregnancy will be better than her first as she only found out she was expecting when she was five months gone, leaving her with little time to prepare for the birth.

The 22-year-old made the announcement in an interview with a tabloid newspaper, adding that she was unsure how her 24-year-old boyfriend of three years would take the news as the baby wasn’t planned. But luckily the painter was as chuffed about the new addition as singer Stacey.

At just under three months pregnant, the mother of one isn’t showing even the slightest hint of a bump at the moment, however she predicts that will all change when she hits the five months milestone and suddenly balloons, just like she did with her last pregnancy.

Although Stacey is excited about the prospect of another child, she isn’t relishing the thought of being pregnant as she says there’s not much to like about it when you’re hot and sweaty all of the time and none of your clothes fit.

The face of Iceland also added that she plans to find out the sex of the baby as soon as possible as she’s impatient to know so she can start planning her new nursery and colour scheme.

Lindsay Lohan buys new Porsche, but limo hire row rumbles on

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Actress Lindsay Lohan splashed out $80,000 last week buying herself a brand new Porsche Panamera, despite reports that she’s being sued by a Los Angeles limo hire company for $90,000 in unpaid bills.

The Mean Girls actress was seen at a downtown Los Angeles car dealership last week picking out the new sports car. The luxury sports car boasts a top speed of 188mph and 0-60mph acceleration speed of 3.3 seconds, but despite its impressive credentials, the speedy ride failed to get her to her community service appointment at the morgue on time, with 25-year-old arriving almost an hour late.

The blonde actress and model may have been trying to cheer herself up with her new ride as last week she was lead out of a court room in handcuffs and had her probation revoked after she failed to complete her community service. The judge gave her a second chance, instructing her to carry out community service at an LA morgue, but she failed to show up in time and was turned away.

In an attempt to apologise for failing to make her community service appointment, Lindsay Lohan tweeted that the reason for her lateness was due to the fact that she didn’t know how to find the morgue.

The row over Lindsay’s unpaid limo hire bill is yet to be resolved, with a spokesperson for the actress stating that the 25-year-old has not been notified of any legal proceedings against her. Now that she’s bought her own luxury ride to chauffeur herself to the glitzy LA parties she attends, this may be her plan for avoiding hefty limo hire bills in the future.

Bride arrives in Porsche wedding car she hand-built herself

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26-year-old Megan Ashton has always had a passion for cars, so when it came to choosing the right wedding car to transport her on her big day, she needed something extra special. So when her partner popped the question two years ago, Megan rolled up her sleeves and got stuck into building her own dream wedding car.

Having grown up around motors at her dad’s garage in Devon, tinkering with cars is second nature to the bride-to-be. The Royal Navy engineer had bought a clapped out Volkswagen Beetle 6 years ago with the plan of creating a Porsche replica, however it wasn’t until the wedding started to loom that the brunette began work in earnest on her restoration project.

Fitting her time around wedding planning, dress shopping, and work on her would-be wedding car proved challenging for Megan, not to mention costly. The 26-year-old even asked for her parents to buy her parts for her car in place of gifts every Christmas and birthday to help with her project.

However all of the hard work more than paid off as the blushing bride succeeded in transforming the wreck of a car into a gleaming Porsche replica estimated to be worth a massive £25,000. The silver sports car was decked out with ribbons especially for the big day in Wiltshire and proved to be one of the main focal points of the wedding day.

Range Rover wedding car donated for cash strapped bride’s big day

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A bride from Leicestershire was bowled over by the generosity of her local Range Rover dealership in Melton, Mowbray, after the sales executive supplied a wedding car for the big day free of charge.

39-year-old bride Helen Doughty, has resigned herself to travelling to her local church to marry her partner of 12 years, Paul Robinson, in a taxi after the couple’s wedding budget was all used up on their reception and transport for their guests. The couple laid on a reception for their wedding guests at The Market Tavern and even supplied transportation for their guests to travel to their celebration, however the expense meant they had no money left for a wedding car.

The bride to be had a lovely surprise on her special day when the sales executive from Range Rover Melton, David Vaughan, arranged for a state of the art white Range Rover to collect Helen and her bridesmaid and transport her to the church free of charge.

The blushing bride described the immaculate wedding car, which had been decked out in ribbons and a personalised number plate especially for the big day, as “stunning” and as the “icing on the cake”.

Range Rover wedding cars are a popular choice with brides and grooms in the UK according to leading luxury transport provider, Limo Broker. The chauffeur driven limo hire operator’s stretch Range rover limo is always in high demand for special events, including weddings and hen and stag parties.

Katie Price’s hummer limo mishap

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Glamour model turned reality TV star, Katie Price, made a mishap over the weekend as she travelled home in a pink hummer limo after a night out in London to celebrate boyfriend Leandro Penna’s birthday.

Wherever Katie Price is, you can bet the paparazzi aren’t far behind. Unfortunately this time the snappers were on hand to catch the mother of three as she descended into her stretch hummer limousine at the end of the night, displaying a little too much of her underwear. The next day the model tweeted, “Omg biggest hangover ever” which may have had something to do with the knicker-flashing incident in the back of the hummer.        

Katie was snapped wearing a sheer cream babydoll dress accompanying her new beau and birthday boy Leandro who looked smart in a black suit. The couple travelled in the back of a stretch pink hummer limo with matching pink seats especially to celebrate the occasion.

The blonde attended trendy London night club, Nylon, with Argentine boyfriend Leandro Penna to celebrate his 26th birthday. The couple were joined by Katie’s long term friend and former Liberty X singer, Michelle Heaton, who stuck to the soft drinks as she’s pregnant with her first child. Other famous faces who turned out for the bash included the two newly single Lauren’s from ITV2’s The Only Way is Essex, Lauren Goodger and Lauren Pope.

Drunk man wakes up in limo and drives it home

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A reveller in Nebraska who had been travelling on a 40ft limo bus as part of a group of friends is now facing criminal charges as its alleged he woke up in the limo and proceeded to drive the vehicle to his home last weekend.

30-year-old Steven Hunter was caught after his wallet was found onboard the limo after the giant party bus was found parked up a few streets from his home in the Mid West of America.

Police believe the man had passed out in the toilet area of the 40ft long limousine after having a few too many. At 3:30am the chauffeur parked the limo back at the limo hire company’s depot, leaving the keys inside the vehicle.

When the limo company boss arrived at the depot the following morning and found the $80,000 limo bus missing, he raised the alarm with the police.

It is thought that the party goer woke up inside the limo and discovered the keys, at which point he proceeded to drive the limo to his home. However when questioned by police, Steven Hunter denies this, saying he has no recollection of the incidents which lead to the limo being found abandoned in a street near to his house.

The man has since been charged with criminal mischief and unauthorised use of a vehicle.